Well, I'm selling my 2WD now, and was going to wait, but found a great deal on a lease takeover. Financing etc is already done, but with this there are ten months in the lease so thats how long I have to sell my 2WD.

It has been wheeled for sure,but I had the dealership go over it with a fine toothed comb and everything came back 100%. Crack in winshield, brakes at about 50% but everything mechanical all ok.

To date, I have ordered some stuff for it, some he took out and I have to replace, some just stuff I wanted.

-2 more lightforce 170 (Non HID) lights.
-Bluesea fuse block with switches and illuminated labels on it
-Bluesea 100A circuit breaker for the fuse block.
-Smittybilt Comp XRC-8 and some snatchblocks, shackles, tree protectors, etc.
-Yaesu 350M radio and a Nuvi 350, which will show my position and all of my buddies position on a nice garmin Topo map. All thru radio. Can talk/text on it radio to radio, no cell service needed.

At some point I'll prob go dual battery with an isolator.

I know most say to do your own lift, but this is a 2008 with everything I wanted essentially, for cheaper than I can get a stock 2008 TRD. I wouldn't be able to afford to spend 25k or more on a stock truck, then another $10k putting lifts, tires, bumper, etc on it.

The main purpose will be ultimate camping truck, so it seems about perfect for me.

I'm afraid I've always done my own work, but never owned a vehicle old enough for long enough that any major work would be required.

But apparently the dealer went over it pretty well.

The throwout bearing issue had cropped up, and was done several times and most/whole transmission was replaced quite a while ago. It was happening fairly frequently and since the major replacement hasn't reoccurred since.

Again, truck still on the best extended warranty Toyota has for another 3 years/60,000 km. The shaft that bearing rides on is specifically mentioned in coverage.

Once I get my bluesea stuff, I'll install it into the hood area. THEN it will be time to throw in the GPS/APRS tracking/2-way radio. Lightforce lights should be there by then, and I'll have 2 HID flood lights and 2 130W spot lights to go on the ARB bumper.